Francois Hollande: Socialist President Pays $11,000 A Month For Haircuts

Francois Hollande, the socialist president of France who claims to be a champion of the poor, pays his hairdresser $11,000 a month through taxpayer money. (YouTube/screenshot)

François Hollande, the socialist president of France, is being slammed amid revelations he pays $11,000 (9,895 euros) a month for haircuts in a scandal dubbed #CoiffeurGate on Twitter.

Hollande doesn’t have much hair, so it’s uncertain why French taxpayers are footing the bill for his exorbitant hairdressing fees.

The controversy came to light after the satirical French newspaper Le Canard Enchaîné reported that Hollande’s barber (known only as Olivier B.) has been raking in $11,000 a month since becoming the president’s hairdresser in 2012.

Interestingly, Hollande’s hairdresser earns just slightly more than Francois himself, who makes $16,600 a month.

Not surprisingly, French citizens are fuming over the excessive grooming costs — especially glaring since Hollande took office in 2012 as an everyman (“Monsieur Normal”) who claimed to be a champion of the poor.

This isn’t the first time a fat-cat politician like François Hollande has come under fire for wasting taxpayer dollars on frivolous things.